THE ROUGE

by Janet Dailey

Across the Windswept Plains of the Modern West Comes a Great Love Story!Diana Somers had her own willful ways of getting what she wanted-and then flinging it aside. When a reckless marriage perished in her husband's jealous mania she came running back home to take over her father's Nevada horse ranch.And there she found Holt Mallory, who ran the ranch with a ruthless hand ...and Guy, his son, who was drawn at once into the spell her beauty cast.Holt so-ight only to protect the boy from Diana's destructive allure.But when their prize brood mares disappeared in the night, Diana and Holt were drawn into an uneasy alliance. Together they rode through sun-scorched days starry nights to a hidden lake where they found the thief -- a wild white stallion. But they found something even wilder in their own hearts -- something that threatened to change forever the woman of fierce pride and beauty, and the tough, tender man they called...THE ROGUE

Genres: Romance, Historical Romance, Contemporary Romance, Westerns, Fiction, Western Romance, Enemies To Lovers

Hardcover

First published November 23, 1979

About the author

Janet Anne Haradon Dailey was an American author of numerous romance novels as Janet Dailey (her married name). Her novels have been translated into nineteen languages and have sold over 300 million copies worldwide.

Born in 1944 in Storm Lake, Iowa, she attended secretarial school in Omaha, Nebraska before meeting her husband, Bill. Bill and Janet worked together in construction and land development until they "retired" to travel throughout the United States, inspiring Janet to write the Americana series of romances, where she set a novel in every state of the Union. In 1974, Janet Dailey was the first American author to write for Harlequin. Her first novel was NO QUARTER ASKED.

She had since gone on to write approximately 90 novels, 21 of which have appeared on the New York Times Bestseller List. She won many awards and accolades for her work, appearing widely on Radio and Television. Today, there are over three hundred million Janet Dailey books in print in 19 different languages, making her one of the most popular novelists in the world.

Janet Dailey passed away peacefully in her home in Branson on Saturday, December 14, 2013. She was 69.

Reviews

[Melluvsbooks · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a reread, and I still found it highly entertaining.

I mean... I feel like any book that includes this quote, can't possibly receive less than 4 stars:

The muscles of her stomach constricted spasmodically as he explored the recesses of her belly button. When his downward descent continued, Diana stiffened. “Holt, no.” Her protest came in an apprehensive whisper. He laughed at her softly, without malice, his breath warm against her ultra-sensitive skin. “Do you mean you still have some inhibitions left, or do you want me to say ‘grace’ first?”

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But, the h is little too "free love" and spoiled for me to really warm up to her completely, and the pages and pages of horse talk was overwhelming. If I'm skimming a 3rd of the book, that's not really a 5-star read, even if I do love many aspects.
But if you can skim those parts it's a pretty entertaining read.

The scenes with the h and H are hot, even with most of the main smexx being FTB (we get details on the foreplay, but rarely on the actual act). It's kind of amazing really. It makes me miss the lost art of talking about sex in a sexy way without being crude. That takes some talent. 🤷🏼‍♀️



Bottom Line? If you like a mean alpha, age gap, enemies to lovers, a dramarama lopsided triangle, and dubcon galore, you're gonna like this book. It's cowboy without being redneck. It's definitely a solid read, particularly if you skim the parts that go on and on about horses. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️





⚠️SAFETY SQUAD SPOILERS⚠️

- cheating? this situation is complicated. The son (Guy) is 5 years younger than the h and has been infatuated with her since they were kids. She sleeps with Guy as sort of a pity apology for rejecting him for years... and then he goes a little psycho on her but she doesn't have feelings for him... then later, she sleeps with the H (the father, Holt), not really with full consent... she doesn't have sex with Guy again after that, but they do kiss (not fully consensual) If you can't handle a gray situation, this book might not be for you.
- no sharing
- no OW drama at all
- OM drama
- dubcon/noncon and hate smexxx
- manhandling
- the H slaps the h after she slaps him.. sort of to teach her a lesson
- the H spanks the h... not as a kink but to legit punish her or teach her a lesson
- the h is divorced... before the father/son situation in this book, she was only with husband
- the H is experienced, but his past isn't belabored

[Fre06 Begum · Rating 1 out of 5]

This book would have been ok if I could get over her sleeping with son and then his father but I couldn't get over it I found it so disgusting more so because it just didn't seem too gruesome for either lead protagonists. Ewwww

[Lena Papanikolaou · Rating 4 out of 5]

Μια ιστορία για πολύ "ανοιχτά μυαλα.:..
Ειδικά αν αναλογιστείς και το πότε γράφτηκε ?
Από τις ιστορίες που δεν ξεχνιούνται!

[Kati · Rating 2 out of 5]

The only reason I give this book 2 stars is that it, along with "Touch the Wind", was very instructional to my knowledge of sex as a teen. Prior to reading these two books, I'd not been told anything about a sexual relationship between a man & woman and had only haphazardly been tossed some adolescent book by Dr. Dobson. The herione's personality in this book is awful, she's not a person I'd like to know at all in real life. Her attraction to both father & son, and sexual relations with both is kind of skeevy, and the abusive behavior of the father toward Diana is dispicable. Not an example at all that I'd want for my daughter of what a relationship should be, but..... it still holds a spot in my memory, if not my heart, for all I learned from this book (and the other mentioned). So, I've got to give it a second star.

[Christel · Rating 5 out of 5]

I really enjoyed this one, matter of fact could not put it down. Diana was queen bee in her father's eyes could do no worng. Raised as an only child who lost her mother when she was 4, the Major loved his daughter to know end. Even though she made some terrible mistakes. Enter Holt, who was hired by her father to take the hard day to day life over on the ranch. Along with Holy came Guy his son. Over time guy and Diana come to a friendship. But after Diana returns after a college and a broken marriage Guy wants more but what about his fatehr Holt. Just gotta read the book!!

[Aimee Oliveira · Rating 1 out of 5]

I ask myself if was only me that didn' t like the book.

[Kah Cherub · Rating 1 out of 5]

The book may have been written during the 80`s, but I can't stand a hero that'd hit a heroine. REpeatedly.

[Louisa · Rating 4 out of 5]

I'm embarrassed to admit how much I enjoyed this.

[Shirlene]

John Somers, Diana's father, was called Major after returning home from his military duties when Diana was a baby. Her mother had died of complications from pneumonia when she was 4. Diana was 14 when Holt Mallory and his 9 yr old son, Guy, arrived at their ranch. Holt was 26 and Major was grooming him to take over. Diana resented the fact that it would have been her being groomed to take over if she would have been born a boy.
Guy didn't like his father and had just come to live with him after the death of his own mother. Guy's mother had told him that his father hadn't wanted him when in reality his mother had run off when he was a baby and Holt hadn't known where they were. Holt's intervention prevented Diana from riding the Arabian stallions that her father raised. She was no longer allowed to help with the fall round up. She did well in school and learned how to cook and sew. She didn't have many female friends but became good friends with one of the new, young ranch hands wife, Peggy Thornton.
As she turned 17, she became attracted to one of the hands named Curly. On her birthday she took him a piece of cake and he gave her a couple shots of whiskey. She was drunk enough where she couldn't seem to stop him from trying to take advantage of her but Holt put a stop to it. He gave Diana a spanking that he told her was much later than she deserved and warned her not to say anything of the incident with Curly to her father. Diana really despised Holt after than.
Diana went off to college to please her father. During her second year there, Major had a heart attack and Diana stayed in a hotel near the hospital until he returned home. She also met and started dating Rand Cummings. He was a lobbyist and a guest speaker at the college. She married him the summer after her 2nd year of college. He seemed rather jealous and didn't seem to think he had to keep the same standard of a monogamous relationship. He was also controlling but Diana dismissed these aspects of his personality. Their marriage lasted 4 years and the gossip he spread was that she was cheating on him when the reverse was true. She returned home at 24 determined to remain. It was Guy now 19 that picked her up at the airport and told her that her father had another heart attack 2 months previous.
She saw Holt again and she told him that he should have told her about her father's attack. He repeated to her the gossip about her numerous affairs and she slapped him. He slapped her back and walked away. Oh how she hated Holt.
Guy was still there to follow her around and tell her how much he missed her. He made her feel good about herself. They went skinny dipping one afternoon and she let him make love to her. It was afterward when he started to tell her how much he loved her and wanted to marry her that it became a problem. She had felt sorry of all of the times she had treated him badly for following her like a puppy dog and he had made her feel better. The sex didn't mean she loved him at all. She just wanted to make him feel better too.
There was a white stallion that had began coming around taking their mares. Holt, Guy, Rube and Diana all set out to find the mares and get them back. They were camping out and chasing the horses. Guy was doing his best to pull Diana away from the others to get time with her. He ended up seeing her and Holt making love after they had fought with each other. Diana tried to convince Guy that it wasn't rape. He refused to listened to her.
They caught the mares and took them back home. The stallion kept returning each day until he stole them away again. He had killed on of the other stallions on the ranch and wounded another. They went after the horses again and this time the stallion attacked Rube and killed him. The stallion had killed one of the colts that he had taken along with it's mother too.
Holt bought another stallion and brought it to the ranch. He and Diana tried to stay away from each other but they ended up locked in passion a few more times. Holt made remarks to Diana about continuing her relationship with Guy and it seemed like he thought that Diana was continuing to pursue him along with Holt. It wasn't true but there was no convincing Holt of that. He didn't want to want Diana but he couldn't seem to help himself.
After Rube's funeral, Holt went after the stallion again. This time it was with the intention of killing him. Guy was there and Diana and he ended up fighting again and she told him that she was in love with Holt. Guy disappeared for a few hours but eventually made his way back to their camp. They woke up to find the stallion trying to take their horses. The stallion had gotten Don's horse tripped up in ropes and his horse had fallen on him and his rifle. The stallion then turned and attacked Holt. Diana was screaming at Guy to shoot the horse before it killed Holt. Guy eventually shot and killed the stallion. Holt had a broken shoulder.
Holt told Diana that he was in love with her and wanted to marry her. He told her that Guy was an adult and would have to live with the consequences of what had happened. Diana agreed to have a talk with her father when they returned this time. Guy rode off when they got back home and they knew that he was gone for good. He couldn't be around to watch Diana become married to his father.
Diana learned that Holt had some really bad scars on his back that were given to him by his father. He had grown up hating his father. It seemed that Guy had grown up hating his father too, only for different reasons. Diana hated being involved in their battle with each other. She didn't like to think about the continuation of the son hating his father. She felt like someday Guy would return.

[Judy · Rating 5 out of 5]

I really enjoyed this book.

I thought it might be more racy then I like but it was not.

It did end with a question though so I'm going to see if there is a book after this that finishes the story.

[Ac · Rating 5 out of 5]

My first real adult romance..Must have read this thousand times..

[Lynette Lark · Rating 4 out of 5]

Everything about this book was sexy. Even the rogue horse was sexy! He stole domesticated mares for his harem and he intended to keep them! When ranchers went out to retrieve them, the wild horse went into their pens and broke them out once again. It was man against horse and the horse was winning. Until the end. Why does man need to destroy whatever gets in his way? Animal? Vegetable? Why?

[Leighann · Rating 2 out of 5]

Like others have said, sleeping with the son, then the dad was a deal breaker. But overall, was a frustrating read. The hero treated her like crap the whole way and then they are in love. I like angst, but this missed the mark.

[Helen Maicoo · Rating 4 out of 5]

I think this book deserves 5 stars ⭐️ but I will still give it 4 stars . I thought it did not meet the high standards of Janet Daily. I read this book a while back but now looking back I felt something was lacking .

[Vivian Jones · Rating 2 out of 5]

Left Hanging Again

I feel letdown thinking there was more resolution to this story, or maybe have me searching through Janet Daily books for this story to be picked up again. This has happened before. Disappointed.

[Claudia M.O. · Rating 5 out of 5]

Este libro es mi lectura de desbloqueo, mi placer culposo. Todos los clichés de novela rosa contemporánea en pocas páginas y todo lo censurable por cualquier feminista, pero yo lo amo de principio a fin.

[Angie · Rating 1 out of 5]

What a terrible book!!! Do not waste your time.....

[Randy Dodson · Rating 1 out of 5]

young, horny divorcee with no moral compass screwing everyone in sight. not miss janet's best work by far, IMHO

[A]

DNF

[hails 辉丽 · Rating 2 out of 5]

first of all, ew. second of all, ew.

[Stanlese Simmons · Rating 5 out of 5]

I don't read romance novels anymore; however, this book, along with Against the Wind, and Ride the Thunder will always be imbedded(no pun intended) in my memory banks. I had very strict parents and learning about the birds and bees was something I did on my on. My Dad was super private about sex, as was my Mother. My friend was reading this book in class one day(she was and is very promiscuous). It was a paper back with the seductive inner sleeve. I started reading and couldn't quit. I'd go to basketball practice and catch myself thinking of this book and how I hoped I could get all of my chores, homework, etc finished in time to keep reading before I was made to go to bed. . I thought it was amazing and I would read it during down times in Social Studies too. I recently found the Hard Copy of this and Against the Wind as I was moving. I retread this book in a day. I must say it was a little too much for a 13 year old kid to be reading, but it helped me understand that sex could be something special if two people have a blazing attraction to each other. I remember thinking that I hoped to have that kind of passion as an adult. I did once, and I miss him terribly. I learned quickly though that in the books the couples always hate each other, then finally fall in love. This isn't true in real life. Sometimes individuals actually do fall in love and there is no violence or hatred but that is boring, isn't it? I mean to us readers. . i am not offended by Dianna getting smacked. I believe it was intended to get her to open her eyes to her privileged life. It was clear he loved his son and Dianna. I don't condone violence. I simply think some readers overreacted to Holt smacking her. . People need to give Janet a break. This was written at the onset of her career. She was fresh, and the characters were all interesting and intriguing. After Ride the Thunder, she got caught up in the Calders and I outgrew my interest. The Calders were much too predictable. This book will always be a part of my childhood memories.

[Oceane Montanea · Rating 2 out of 5]

ESCRITO EM 2010

A mocinha do livro é Diana, uma menina que cresceu numa estância com seu pai e sempre fez tudo para agradá-lo. Ela vivia como um menino, correndo, cavalgando, laçando, tentando ser tudo para seu pai, como ela achava que ele gostaria, até que apareceu um empregado novo, chamado Holt, e seu filho pequeno Guy. Apesar de seu pai sempre lhe conta tudo e a colocar sempre a par do que estava acontecendo na estância, ele não lhe contou que havia contratado Holt e isso foi o estopim para a antipatia que ela passou a sentir por ele.Antipatia essa que foi só aumentando, conforme seu pai ia passando o controle quase que total das terras e do gado para Holt.
O tempo passa, ela vai para a faculdade, se casa com uma pessoa que ela acha que agradaria seu pai, tempos depois se divorcia e volta para o rancho. Ao voltar, ela encontra Guy que mantém por ela, desde pequeno um amor ciumento e idealizado. Ele a venera como uma deusa. E também encontra Holt, que ela odeia (e é correspondida). Acontecem coisas que vão tornando o relacionamento entre eles cada vez mais complicado, e ao mesmo tempo, mais "faiscante", hehe. Tem uma atração meio selvagem e bruta entre eles, apesar do ódio...
A parte chata desse livro é a narração muito detalhada sobre cavalos selvagens e caçadas em busca de éguas desgarradas. É muitíssimo irritante pra quem não entende nada de cavalos. Acho que, pelo menos umas 50 páginas do livro são só sobre cavalos e suas fugas. Isso, ás vezes, dá vontade de ir pulando os parágrafos até chegar na parte que interessa... rsrsrs (eu não fiz isso, mas dá vontade!)
O final é meio sem lógica... não combina com a emoção que o livro tenta gerar durante todas as suas 246 páginas. Tem mais “clímax” em algumas partes do meio do livro do que no final e é isso decepciona um pouco.
Enfim, é bom pra se passar o tempo. Aqueles pra levar no ônibus, sabe?! Mas não é grande coisa. Quando você chega no final, pensa: “Ah, tá... acabou? Aham... beleza, legal... E daí?”

[Adriana Fogaça · Rating 5 out of 5]

Amante Indócil.
Janet Dailey.
1980.

Tudo que eu escrever nesta resenha, será pouco pra descrever o quanto este livro é maravilhoso. Porque é mais uma espetacular estória da Janet Dailey, sempre podemos esperar intensidade e romances complexos.

Personagens que nos despertam muitos sentimentos, normalmente contraditórios, porque eles não são perfeitos. Mas apesar de tudo, sempre acabamos completamente apaixonadas por esses personagens.

Na realidade é o lado primitivo e apaixonado que nos cativa, neste caso o ódio e o amor, dão as mãos de forma camuflada. O ódio que Diana e Holt sentem um pelo outro, nada mais é que uma forma de mascarar a atração primitiva e sentimentos mais profundos que um desperta no outro.

É muito mais fácil odiar do que analisar sentimentos inexplicáveis e desejos que os confundem.

Mas quando eles se rendem é perfeito e real. O que sempre e impressionou nos personagens da Janet é a força interior de cada um, mas também, o quanto humanos e cheios de falhas são eles.

Eles não são perfeitos, mas são adoráveis.

ADORO!!!

RECOMENDADÍSSIMO!!!

[Lindsay · Rating 2 out of 5]

Ugh...I'm so over Janet Dailey books. This is probably the sixth or seventh of hers I've read. They always have some kind of rather objectionable sex. From statutory rape and outright rape in the Calder series to this wholly unlikable heroine in The Rogue, I can't remember the last Dailey novel I actually full enjoyed. They always made me a little uncomfortable, but this one made me feel like I needed a shower. And what little character development there was wasn't very believable. Also, I had the sneaking suspicion that I'd read whole parts of this one before...does anyone know if this was one of those she plagiarized? I googled it but couldn't find much.

[Kiss of a sniper · Rating 2 out of 5]

Cам сюжет очень интересный, герои тоже, но постельные сцены описать автору не удалось. все скомконо а если описано то...

цитирую: Когда он ответил на ее поцелуй, то ничто уже не могло сдержать неукротимого желания, накопившегося, словно мед в сотах, в каждой клеточке их плоти.

Какай мед? Причем здесь соты? Вот теперь представьте - луна,звезды теплый ветерок гг-я занимается любовью с гг-ем в пустыни а вам ваше воображение посреди этой идилии подкидывает пчел, мед и соты!

[Connlou Ross · Rating 5 out of 5]

Set on a Nevada ranch. The daughter Diana is a very independent outspoken lady who lost her mother at a very young age. The Major has decided to send Diana off to get a degree and hired someone to help with the stallions. The genre is takes you through divorce, clashing of wills, fear, hatred, jealousy and a rogue stallion that turns the ranch upside down. I loved the book because of the setting, ranch life and romance.

[Cws]

F Dai

[Lynn Smith · Rating 2 out of 5]

The Rogue was the 2nd longer length novel of Janet Dailey's I read after Touch The Wind.

[Cindy · Rating 2 out of 5]

ok